Improvement in drip-pots for sugar-houses



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Sugar Drip Pot.

'Patented Sept. 15, 1857.

WW'UO i aieee of sheet metal swao'ed or struck u l e l UNITED STATESPATENT @Errol-3.

JOHN TURL, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT INA DRlP-POTS FOR SUGAR-HOUSES.

Spccilicalon forming part of Letters Patent NO. l Sf [5. dated September15, 1857.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN TURL,of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Construction ofSirup or Drip Pots Used in Sugar-Refiuing; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l is a vertical section of lmyimprovement, taken in the line x x, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a horizontalsection of the same, taken in i the line y y, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is areduced perspective view of one of the halves of the pot. Fig. 4 is avertical central section of the ordinary pot in use.

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction of potswhi'ch support the sugar-mold, and which receive the sirup or driptherefrom. Two kinds of pots have been l'itherto used, one kind beingformed of earthenware and the other of cast and sheet metal combined.rThose constrncted of earthenware have been chiefi-y abandoned, as theyrequire to be nade quite heavy in order to guard against brcakage, andmore or less loss is sustained thereby, even when made Very cumbersome.The other kind, constrncted of a conbination of cast and sheet metal,are very liable to leak at the joint in consequence of one part of thepot-the cast-iron portionbeing perfectly rigid or nnyieldng, and theother part-the sheet-netal portion-bein g allowed to yield or give. t

This invention is designed to obviate the objections attending the twokinds ofv molds previously nsed viz., the liability to break and toleak-and to produce a pot equally as light, fully as cheap, and far moredurable than either of the kind nentioned.

The invention consists in constructing the pot of two parts, each partbeing formed of a in proper shape so as to form a vertical half of thepot, the two parts being connected vby rivets, by brazing, or in anyproper way.

In Fig. 3 a' perspective view of one of tle parts A is shown. Theseparts A A may be swaged or struck up by mea-ns of dies, or in any properway, and the edges of the two parts may be connected by rivets a, asshown in Figs. l and 2 5 or the edges may be brazed together or securedin any proper way. A bottom, B, is secured inthe pot by rivets b,- orsaid botton also may be brazed. It has a fiange, c, struck on its edge,by which it may be secured in the pot. The two parts A A thus connectedform a lightand durable potone sufficiently strong` to support theweight of the mold, and not liable to leak in consequence of beingbruised or bent.

In Fig. at the ordinary cast and sheet metal pot is shown. C representsa cast-iron top, and D is the sheet-metal lower portion, the two partsbeing connected by rivets (l. The cast-iron top O is liable to break ifit receives a blow or falls any distance upona hard substance, and incase the sheet-metal portion D receives a, blow it will be bent inward,as shown in red, and as the top O is unyielding or rigid the joint willbe parted. By my improvement this difficulty is avoided, for if the potis bruised the joints will not be parted, for all parts will yield orgive alike.

The sheet metal of which the parts A A are made may be of any properthickness.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

Constructing the pot of two metal parts or halves, A A,`formed or stuckup in proper shape 'by any proper means, and connected together byrivers c, by brazing, or in any suitable w ay, substantially asdescribed.

JOHN TURL.

XVitnesses:

'W. TUsc-I, Mion. HUG. ns.

